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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

This luscious #alpaca blend #blanket is a gift from my publisher, from kiva.org, an online lender that helps Asian, African, and Latin American artists bring their work to market. The gifts all come with a personal note from the artist. Very special. Check out Kiva and novica.com. #ArtYear #textile

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

31 years of baking #gingerbread cookies for Potluck in the Park, a grassroots 501(c)(3) serving holiday dinner to anyone who shows up, no questions asked. "Wouldn't be Christmas without your ginger #cookies," the founder once told me, thereby ensuring I'll go on 'til I drop. #XmasXtra #FoodOnFriday

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Urwen #Cowl by Claire Slade in Knitpicks Heatherly Sweet Bing, a fave washable yarn for items to donate. But I fell for this one while making it. It's staying with me. :) #knit #knitting #knitter #KnittersOfBlueSky #smartist #KnitSky #cowl #ShowMeYourKnits #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear #knitgifts

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A different kind of #WinterWonderland. Frosty sparkle on #PugetSound from Whidbey Island's Double Bluff beach, ethereal outline of the Seattle skyline and Tahoma (Mt Rainier) in the distance. #PacificNorthwest #photography #TidesOutTuesday (a little late) #PhotographersOfBluesky #smArtist

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Youngsong is a metal and resin #sculpture created by my late BIL to "take us to a meadow where a new colt runs free, kicking its back legs high in pure joy." A little #snow can't interrupt his perpetual frolic. :) #XmasXtra #horse #smartist #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow #SensoryArt #ViewFromMyOffice

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Snow Peacock bridal #shawl or veil, designed by Tonks. Made some years ago as an engagement gift to my niece. The 760-stitch bindoff could only have been done by a much younger me. :) #XmasXtra #snow #knit #knitting #knitter #KnittersOfBlueSky #smartist #KnitSky #ShowMeYourKnits #ArtYear

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Me too! Here's mine. Share yours?

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#Papillon #Butterfly Cowl, designed by MarinJaKnits Great #stashbuster, and I love it bcs it looks so much harder than it is. Really very simple if you're good with short rows. #knit #knitting #knitter #KnittersOfBlueSky #smartist #KnitSky #cowl #scarf #ShowMeYourKnits #ArtAdventCalendar #ArtYear

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

We love our gourdy version of Xmas swans a-swimmin'. They don't need to be fed so they won't bite your fingers off at the joint if you're foolish enough to try. #XmasXtra #swans #sensoryart #seasons #holidaydecor #smartist #ArtYear #gourds #gourdart #holidayhumor

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

For my son's wedding, he wore his grandpa's gold ring; I wore my mom's rings, my grandmother's white gold wedding ring, and an adorable manicure by my 5 yo grandie -- 124 years of family history. #XmasXtra #GoldRings #weddingrings #familyhistory #heirloom #heirloomjewelry #grandparents

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

"To you it's #Thanksgiving; to me it's Thursday." ~Rocky to Adrian. Please let's make room in our hearts today for those for whom the day isn't a joyous celebration. And for those who are working, largely unacknowledged but deeply appreciated by those who are aware. #gratitude #compassion #workers

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

My first (and second-to-last) pair of pointe shoes in the color known as former ballerina pink. Leg warmers #knit by my mom. I'll never part with either, though last worn half a lifetime ago. #ColorADay #PinkMon #knitting #knitter #KnittersOfBlueSky #ShowMeYourKnits #vintage #ballet #ArtYear

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Ora siamo in tre! First look at the cover of new Italian translation of 1001 Great Ideas. Many thanks to longtime partner Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson, and to my rainmaker agent. So grateful for connections forged with families so far away, yet near in heart. #italian #book #libro #translation

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#Knitters, ever have a project totally miss the mark with the giftee? This poncho with companion kitty went to a child who'd happily worn all my other creations. Poncho just. didn't. land. But my son nabbed the beta #kitty. :) #knitting #KnitSky #handmade #smartist #ColorADay #PinkMonday #catlover

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

My #poem Boneyard of the White Elephants will ring ruefully, comically true for anyone who's ever regretted a thrifty "bargain." Featured with author convo in the Summer 2025 issue of Macrame Literary Journal. bit.ly/3M5lpZd #ImageAndVerse #poetry #thriftstore #yardsale #amwriting #WhiteElephant

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Small trove of caps and cowls going to Rose Haven Women's Day Shelter. Yarn for the cowls is recycled from mill ends and named for staffers' pets: Bluesy (short-coat collie), Karl (tuxedo cat), Mabel (tortoise/tabby combo), and Zeke (a Bengal). 🙂 #knitting #KnitSky #handmade #smartist #knitter

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

My forever-favorite never-to-be-topped craft project. $5 for the thriftshop dollhouse and everything else from things on hand or found outdoors. #Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #WackyWednesdayArt #DollhouseMakeover #HauntedHouse #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow #SpookySeason #Halloween #HalloweenSky #TooFun

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Eleven months of the year, it's just a box laurel on the porch. But for October, she gets to be Elphaba. #31DaysOfHalloween #ColorADay #GreenSat #Halloween #Autumn #SensoryArt #smartist #Elphaba #FallDecor #FallFun #HalloweenFun

Potted green box laurel on a front porch, decorated as the Wicked Witch with a witch hat, scraggly gray hair, and a rustic broom. The pot is surrounded by five mini orange pumpkins, two white mini pumpkins, and three giant pine cones.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Rainbow #sunrise on our patio. My frisky colt friend is Youngsong, a metal and resin sculpture created by my late BIL as a tribute to the joy of young life. Our pony may be 30-ish in people years, but remains ageless. #SensoryArt #rainbows #smartist #ArtYear #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Beep beep! New baby up ahead! Cars Blanket pattern by Filomena Lanzara Knit Picks Swish Worsted in colorway Serene #ColorADay #BlueTue #SleepySep #blanket #knit #knitting #knitter #KnittersOfBlueSky #smartist #KnitSky #babyblankie #ShowMeYourKnits #Craftiverse

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Rainbow sunbeams on rhodies in full bloom at the height of the pandemic lockdown. A #lifewins reminder--taken in a cemetery. No filters, no editing, no gimmicks. #sensoryart #rainbows #smartist #onmywalk #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #pandemic #hope #light #rhodies #rhododendron

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Equinox fairy spirit joins me on my sunrise walk to usher in that time of year when I am most alive. Just as it happened--no filters, editing, gimmicks. #Stunday #equinox #fallequinox #Fall #Autumn #FallVibes #AutumnVibes #fairy #fairies #folklore #sprites #PhotographersOfBlueSky #sunrise

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

#FishyFriday, a great day to reread or discover Leo Lionni's #KidLit classic Swimmy. “'We're going to swim all together like the biggest fish in the sea!' ... so they swam in the cool morning water and the midday sun and chased the big fish away.” #reading #Teamwork #Ingenuity #Courage #DontPanic

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

From my brother, a 9/11 survivor: "Woodglen School, NJ does not forget. Students still plant a flag in the front lawn for every person murdered on 9/11/01. See how far the flags go--100 yards or more." #RememberTheSky #NeverForget911

Photo of Woodglen Middle School in Hunterdon County, NJ with flags planted across the front lawn, one for every person who died in the 9/11 attacks. The rows of flags stretch beyond the end of the school and parking lot.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel Garment worker Clara Lemlich organized a winter-long strike for better working conditions--the 40-hour workweek, overtime pay, safer and more sanitary workspaces we now take for granted. 4-min read. #laborday #kidsbook

Illustration cover art for the children's book Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers Strike of 1909. A young woman in the foreground wearing a yellow coat and black hat carries a "Strike" sign, with her fist raised and mouth open in protest. In the background, a crowd marches with similar signs.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Sunrise from my deck, five years ago this weekend. A time when hope, light, and affirmation of life were so badly needed. Kinda like now. #stunday #sunrise #newday #hopeandlight #spiderweb #photography #naturephotography #ArtYear #smartist #sensoryart #lifewins #photographersofbluesky #dawn

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I was so excited to capture this image of a flying saucer UFO over Holmes Harbor WA until my son said, "Mom. Did you take it through a window? It's the reflection of a light fixture." #stunday #ufo #flyingsaucer #photography #pugetsound #holmesharbor #opticalillusion #funphoto #cantfoolyourkids

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

#ShowMeYourKnits #Sweater time! Kina cardigan, five-hour baby sweater, Froginette Entrechat shrug. Go-to patterns I've made dozens of times, for gifts and donations. #Iknitforbabies #knitsky #smartist #knitter #knitting #handmade

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I fell for Fluffy Mermaid (so named by the artist) in a small-town teaching studio far from home. She's what I would look like as a mermaid? :) Couldn't spare the cash at the time, but a few weeks later, a small windfall arrived. I knew why. #TidesOutTuesday #BlueTue #ArtYear #smartist #mermaid

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

#sewandtell theme today is something first. Here's my first project recycling jeans, a gift for my son 26 (!) years ago. I put a $5 bill in each pocket. He still has it; points out that as a natural weighted blanket, it's calming. :) #quilt #denim #recycledjeans #sewsky #quiltsky #BlueSkyMonday

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Not tiny, but The Turtles' Journey blankie is by the most popular thing I've ever knit for a baby. The turtles were a stretch for me. Pattern by Heather Anderson in three shades of Knit Picks Heatherly . . . Love love love your sheep sweater. :) #ShowMeYourKnits

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The Wildes have read my book so I look forward to reading theirs. ☺️

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Hiking Forest Park pillow is my tribute to our 5200-acre park, one of the largest urban forests in the US. I love the cool back button detail. Pattern by Judy Smitke #scape #ForestFriday #ArtYear #smartist #knit #knitting #knitter #knitsky #handmade #showmeyourknits #KnittersOfBluesky

Knitted sofa pillow in variegated yarn of browns, golds, and purples depicting a hike through Forest Park in Portland OR. Shows a path in dark brown winding up a hill between shrubs and trees.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

First nip of fall is here, time to crank up the #knitting for our unhoused citizens. I do several dozen of these each year. Great #stashbuster, done in the space of a long movie. Single Malt Cowl by Sarah Barbour. #handmade #smartist #knit #knitter #knitsky #showmeyourknits #KnittersOfBluesky

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I am the besotted owner of this original watercolor by Linda Stewart Henley depicting the Lady of the Sea sculpture in Seafarers' Park, #Anacortes WA. The artist didn't want to part with it but I was so ... besotted ... she relented. :) #TidesOutTuesday #smartist #BlueTues #watercolor #ArtYear #pnw

Watercolor painting of public sculpture of a woman holding a lantern and a small boy, looking from shore out to sea. The sculpture stands in Seafareres Park in Anacortes WA. Painting is predominantly in blues (sky and water), statue is in gray, surroundings are sand are sandy-colored low rock cliffs.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Stonehenge World War I memorial at Maryhill WA with Wy'east (Mt. Hood) in the background. "In memory of the soldiers and sailors of Klickitat County who gave their lives in defense of their country. " #RockinTuesday #Stunday #MountainMonday #bluesky #pnwphotography #WWI #stonehenge #columbiagorge

Exact replica of Stonehenge built as a World War I memorial at Maryhill Washington. Cloudless blue sky with snow-capped Wy'east (Mt. Hood) in the background.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The Papillon Shawl--a longtime dream achieved. Loved the pattern from afar for years, thinking I couldn't do it. One day a young woman in a yarn shop said, "Of course you can," and explained how. So I did. #Stunday #smartist #AbstractAug #swirls #knitter #knitting #knitsky #KnittersOfBluesky

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Honk if you like orange cats! My stalwart pussy-pen pals have signed dozens of contracts and even more books, making friends wherever they go. :) #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Caturday #writinglife #writingcommunity #writer #author #amwriting #WritersOfBlueSky #writesky

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

For a November baby, a blankie of leaves in autumn's warmest coppery tones. My happiest season by far. :) Pattern by Leyla Alieva #AbstractAugust #leaves #autumn #fall #ArtYear #smartist #knit #knitting #knitter #knitsky #handmade #showmeyourknits #KnittersOfBluesky #FallColors #CozySeason #FallIn

Knitted baby blanket in an all-over leaf motif in a heathered coppery color, evoking leaves in autumn.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Jake Blues, Leonardo da Vinci, John Wayne and Will Rogers recommend my 15x award-winning novel The River by Starlight. 😉(Leo is actually an actor posing as statue.) #UrbanGaze #statues #smartist #historicalfiction #writers #readers #books Full gallery from 18 countries and 37 states on my website.

Collage of four photos depicting Ellen Notbohm's novel The River by Starlight being held in the hands of four statues: Jakes Blues in Sherwood OR, Leonardo da Vinci in Florence Italy, John Wayne in Irvine CA, and Will Rogers in Tulsa OK.

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

If a horse leaps a bridge railing into the river and no one's around, does it make a splash? The water was calm but this stuff looked fresh. :) #WackyWednesdayArt #AnimalArt #photography #oregonphotography #pnw #pnwphotography #morningwalk #horses #funny

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Ellen Notbohm @ellennotbohm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Making this #Turtles Journey baby blankie taught me much about perseverance and perspective, as these "archangels of the sea" embody patience, resolve, wisdom, endurance, longevity, inner peace. Pattern by Heather Anderson #TidesOutTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday #smartist #knitting #knitter #knitsky

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